OCR Text |
Show 757 down on rubber gaskets that were used to carry the baggage, cargo and radio. The boat he operated was the radio boat and they had everything under hatches, so that if the boat tipped over it wouldn't sink and would also keep the equipment dry. This was the same expedition of which Mr. Clark and Mr. Rodin testified. Four of the boats were eighteen feet long or a little over, two of them about sixteen feet. There was a little sheer on the sixteen foot boats, but the others were more or less straight along the top. R. 1812- 1813. The boats were not equipped with a detachable keel, nor has he ever seen a detachable keel or centerboard used on the Colorado River. They would draw, loaded, about eight inches. The boat he operated might perhaps draw a little bit more, as it was carrying heavy batteries and broadcasting equipment, but he would say the draft would not be over nine or ten inches at the greatest. R. 1814. They carried a radio operator, one Sergeant Vern T. Herrick, whom, he believes, is now located at Monmouth, New Jersey. It took them eight or nine days to go from Greenriver, Utah, to its junction with the Colorado River. |